38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Potential "newly emerging contaminants" in waterways are being evaluated. Unused or excreted pharmaceuticals may pose threats to aquatic organisms. This arouses concern since the EPA has not…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Flying robots have tremendous potential for many applications, including search and rescue and emergency response. However, the capabilities of these robots are currently highly limited, and…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals According to World Health Organization, over 360 million people have disabling hearing loss, and the situation is expected to get worse with the younger generation due to ex…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
Chocolate and caffeine are well-known to affect the quality of sleep. Chocolate, however,contains only minimal traces of caffeine but larger amounts of theobromine, a related alkaloid stimul…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Chondroitin sulfate is one branch of glycosaminoglycan that forms proteoglycans within the connective tissue of jellyfish. However, few studies are done on the source jellyfish for extractio…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Second Award
This is a continuation project (Year 3). Two types of simple, cost-effective, reusable electrochemical sensors were created with functionalized gold nanoparticles (~1.6 nm core diameter) for…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Solar-driven water splitting with earth-abundant, efficient and robust photoelectrode and catalyst materials can meet the challenges of providing sustainable energy globally…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
The neurotrophin BDNF has been shown to engage in retrograde signaling and interneuronal transport, causing increased synaptic transmission and neurogenesis, respectively. It was hypothesize…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
As battery cells age, their capacities diverge, which causes problems in large series connected packs such as those found in electric vehicles. Cells that develop larger or smaller capacitie…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Second Award
Biosensors are becoming increasingly prevalent in today’s society with applications in health diagnostics, bio warfare detection, water quality monitoring, and food safety. Currently in heal…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
This science investigation is aimed at developing smart phone algorithms for automated detection of seizures and falls. The product of this investigation is the Seizario app, which utilizes…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
A novel antigen-presenting cell (APC)-targeted immunomodulatory nanoparticle (NP) was developed as a vaccination platform, with potential uses such as cancer therapeutics. The nanoparticle e…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Second Award
Radiation and nuclear terrorism are growing threats for humanity in today’s world. One reason for this is the lack of a shielding material that is effective against both neutron and gamma ra…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Energy, transportation, and chemical sectors are major contributors to the increase in the greenhouse gas CO2 concentration in our atmosphere. Increasing greenhouse gases causes global warmi…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Carbon capture and storage is a major strategy to mitigate greenhouse gasses (GHGs) but the associated high costs and risk of CO2 leakage can deter its adaptability. Carbon Mineralization te…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Algae are one of the most promising sources of biomass because of their environmental sustainability, and the direct use of algal byproducts as transportation fuels. Hydrogen is one of the f…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Alopecia areata (AA) is one the most common autoimmune diseases resulting from T cell mediated destruction of hair follicles. Lack of understanding of immune pathways in AA has restricted AA…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Second Award
Poly(R-3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) is a biopolymer that has been gaining interest throughout recent years for its biocompatibility and biodegradability. PHB has been studied for use as drug-del…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Supercomputers have become critical to the advancement of many fields including medical research, big data analysis, and high-energy physics. Given the recent plateau in processor speeds, ho…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals Current LED Technology converts electricity into light very efficiently compared to incandescent or fluorescent light bulbs; however around 5-40 percent of electricity suppl…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
An indigenous Fynbos plant, such as Leucadendron species, adapted to the Western Cape’s harsh conditions would be ideal to replace foreign crops that are grown currently because these need f…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Crumb rubber is used is playgrounds and turf fields because of its elasticity which provides a cushion for breaking falls. However, rubber has been found to contain many har…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
I successfully integrated graphene onto a BaTiO 3 /SrTiO 3 (BTO/STO) ferroelectric superlattice to create a graphene-ferroelectric field effect transistor (GFFET). I achieved ferroelectricit…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Second Award
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the US, and over 70% of patients experience metastases in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Systemic therapy treatment is of…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
The intracellular bacterial pathogen Legionella pneumophila causes a severe pneumonia, Legionnaire’s disease. Legionella grow ubiquitously in freshwater environments, such as ponds and strea…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
More than 90% of breast cancer patient mortalities are attributed to cancer metastasis and chemoresistance, for which underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In recent years, accumulating evid…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Traditional experimental techniques like AFM and STM used to characterize surface morphology of two dimensional nano structures are expensive and slow. Today it is possible to view such stru…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Terrestrial soils contain 2300 gigatonnes (GT) of carbon, most of which is processed by soil microbial communities that emit 60 GT of carbon each year. Thus, it is important that methods to…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
The aim of this project is to develop an instantaneous and cost-effective method to quantify the total amount of bacteria in a water sample using nanotechnology. Current quantification metho…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Bee pollination accounts for about $15 billion in added crop value and 1/3 of the food consumed in the U.S. For almost ten years, Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has been res…